CVC Words Worksheet – Short o and u
How the sounds work (Sound it out, then blend): Say each sound: b – u – s. Blend them into one word: bus. Short o is the sound in “dog”; short u is the sound in “sun”.
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- 1.Blend the sounds: s – u – n. Which word is it? (a) run (b) sun (c) bun
- 2.🛁 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) hug (c) bus
- 3.🦊 Which word is this? (a) six (b) fox (c) log
- 4.Change the “r” in “rot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) got (c) get
- 5.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
- 6.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) lot (c) pot
- 7.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 8.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 9.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) hug (c) bus
- 10.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) d (c) n
- 11.Blend the sounds: c – o – t. Which word is it? (a) cut (b) cot (c) cop
- 12.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 13.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 14.Which word is “bug”? (a) bag (b) bug (c) bus
- 15.☀️ Which word is this? (a) sun (b) van (c) pin
- 16.🪵 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) leg (c) log
- 17.Blend the sounds: c – u – p. Which word is it? (a) cap (b) cup (c) cub
- 18.Blend the sounds: h – o – t. Which word is it? (a) got (b) hot (c) lot
- 19.Which word is “bus”? (a) bed (b) bus (c) run
- 20.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) rot (b) lot (c) let
- 21.Change the “r” in “rot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) pot (c) pat
- 22.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) f (c) b
- 23.Change the “d” in “dog” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) fog (c) dog
- 24.☕ Which word is this? (a) tub (b) map (c) cup
- 25.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) n (c) p
- 26.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) hum (b) hug (c) sum
- 27.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) d (c) c
- 28.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 29.Change the “t” in “tug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) tug (b) hug (c) bug
- 30.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) r (c) t
- 31.Blend the sounds: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) fix (b) fog (c) fox
- 32.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 33.Change the “n” in “bun” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) bus (c) bud
- 34.Which word is “sun”? (a) bin (b) sun (c) tub
- 35.Blend the sounds: n – o – t. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) cot (c) not
- 36.Which word is “dog”? (a) dog (b) log (c) dot
- 37.Blend the sounds: c – u – b. Which word is it? (a) tub (b) cub (c) cup
- 38.Which word is “tub”? (a) bus (b) web (c) tub
- 39.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) p
- 40.🥜 Which word is this? (a) cat (b) cup (c) nut
Answer key
- sun
- tub
- fox
- got
- u
- pot
- dog
- o
- bug
- d
- cot
- u
- u
- bug
- sun
- log
- cup
- hot
- bus
- lot
- pot
- b
- hog
- cup
- n
- hum
- c
- o
- bug
- r
- fox
- o
- bus
- sun
- not
- dog
- cub
- tub
- s
- nut
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